Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 21; Democratic Party

John Barton is an architect and Stanford professor who is a two term Trustee on the Palo Alto School District Board. He was first elected in 1997 and was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2001. He recently gained attention in his efforts to protect PAUSD and other Basic Aid school districts from the Governor's attempt to significantly reduce their funds. As a school board member, John has also worked to reduce class size, increase academic performance, raise teacher salaries and maintain fiscal discipline. PAUSD is widely considered one of the state and nation's top public school districts.

John is an award winning architect, designer and teacher. He has taught architecture and urban design at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University and Stanford University, where he serves as a visiting scholar. He has also taught at Canada Community College and is a regular presenter at local elementary and high schools.

John has an extensive record of community involvement. He serves on the board of directors for the Role Model Program, which seeks to provide positive examples for area young people. He is a board member of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Community Working Group on Homeless Services and serves as board president of the Redwood City Child Development Center. He is a founding member of a new non-profit, Californians for Improved School Finance, which advocates for Basic Aid School Districts and appropriate funding for all districts. He is a past board member and board president of the Children's Center of the Stanford Community.

John grew up on the mid-Peninsula. His father is a law professor at Stanford University, and his mother is a lecturer at Santa Clara University. He attended local elementary schools, and graduated from Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. John received his B.A. and Master's Degrees in architecture from UC Berkeley. While at Berkeley he met and married Lydia Tan, who is Executive Vice-President of BRIDGE Housing Corp, Northern California's largest non-profit housing corporation. They live in Palo Alto and have two sons, age 14 and 11.

John Barton is a college educator, architect, and school board member. His background, strong ties to the district, and broad contact base give him a unique set of skills which make him a particularly strong candidate in the 21st Assembly District. Among his strengths: John Barton is the only candidate with an education background, both as a teacher and as a two term school board member. He has the sole endorsement of the California Teachers Assciation in this race.

John Barton is the only candidate who is a father and husband, and he has lived in the 21st Assembly District most of his life; John Barton represents more voters in the 21st Assembly District than any other candidate.

Palo Alto Unified School District covers 90,000 residents in the heart of the 21st A.D.; John Barton has received more votes than any other 21st A.D. candidate. His home city, Palo Alto, has more voters than any other city, and they vote at a higher rate than any other large city in the district; John Barton has responsibility for a $103 million budget as Trustee of the Palo Alto Unified School District. This budget is larger than the combined budgets of his competitors.

John Barton has been endorsed by key community leaders in every part of the district, from education leaders in San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale and Menlo Park to current and former City Council members in East Palo Alto, Cupertino and Palo Alto. He has been endorsed by many leaders in his home town of Palo Alto, and many more are expected to lend their support soon. Based on early support, John expects endorsements from a broad coalition of housing advocates, environmental groups, business leaders and local labor organizations in coming months; John Barton would be the only architect in the State Assembly, and could offer design and business experience in the development of housing opportunities.

John Barton has been a full time candidate since March 2003, and will be able to run full time through the March 2004 election John Barton has assembled a strong campaign team in both the district and Sacramento that has had great success in recent State legislative races.

Degrees and Experience: University of California at Berkeley, Master of Architecture 1988
-AIA Award for Scholarship and Leadership
-Honorable Mention,The Peerless Prize
-Design Award, 1st Annual EBAIA/AIAS Design Program University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts 1983 Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, New Hampshire 1978 Barton Architect, Palo Alto, CA 1990 - present
-Design Award, 2001 EBAIA Design Awards Program Salvation Army Women's Center, Oakland CA
-Group Leader, Palo Alto Intermodal Charrette, 2001,
-Group Leader, Palo Alto CPAC Charrette 1994
-Invited Participant, Redwood City Design Charrette 1992 The Steinberg Group, San Jose, CA 1989/90 Skidmore Owings and Merrill, San Francisco, CA 1988
-Design Award,1992 SFAIA Design Awards Program Sheraton Palace Hotel Addition and Renovation Don Dommer Associates, Oakland, CA 1984/87
-Design Award, 1986 EBAIA Design Awards Program Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center
-Invited Participant, UC Berkeley Central Glade Charrette 1985 Haviland Associates, Oakland, CA 1984 DiNapoli - Berger Architects, Berkeley, CA 1983/84
-Citation, 31st Annual Progressive Architecture Awards for Brandeis Hillel Day School

School Board Member Palo Alto Unified School District Board1997 - present
-Co-Author of 90/Grade Level Goal
-City/School Liaison Committee (Chair 2001, 2003)
-Regional Occupation Program County Committee
-California Association of Suburban School Districts
-Palo Alto Foundation for Education
-Schools for Sound Finance
-Go-Fast Traffic Reduction Committee
-Santa Clara County School Boards Association
-Representative 2001-2002
-Chair of Candidates' Workshop, 2003
-Hoffman Awards Committee, 2002, 2003 Master Plan for Education K-University
-Legislative Appointee, Working Group on Emegring Modes of Instruction 8/01 - 6/02 Role Model Program, San Jose, CA
-Board Member 12/02 - present Redwood City Child Development Center
-Board Member 8/99 - Present Palo Alto Medical Foundation Community Advisory Commitee
-Member 2003 - present Community Working Group on Homeless Services
-Board Member 6/98 - Present
-Housing Task Force 1999 - present
-Planning Approvals Liaison 2002 - present
-External Security/Neighborhood Outreach 2003 Palo Alto YMCA
-Sports Court Task Force 6/1998 - 12/1998 Leadership Midpeninsula
-Class of 1997
-Coach, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Palo Alto PTA
-Juana Briones Elementary School 1994 - present
-Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School 1999 - present Public Service City of Palo Alto
-Blue Ribbon Library Advisory Committee 2002 Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
-Board Member 6/02 - present
-Member, Government Action Commission 1996 - Present KidsVote
-Honorary Committee Member, 1998 Emergency Housing Consortium
-Designer of "A Garden Folly" a children's playhouse 8/1995 Palo Alto Unified School District
-Chair of the Planning Review Committee 6/1995 - 11/1997 Children's Center of the Stanford Community Board Member 8/1993 - 6/1996
-President 1994-1995
-Vice-President 1995-1996 American Institute of Architects East Bay Chapter
-Associate 9/1984 - 12/198
-Member 12/1988 - 8/1993
-Chair, Built Environment Education Program 1988/89
-Chair, 1986 Design Awards Committee 1986
-Chair, Exam Seminars Committee 1984/85/86
-Co-Chair, Chapter Meetings Committee 1984/85
-Ex-Officio Member, Board of Directors 1982/83
-President, AIA Student Chapter , U.C. Berkeley 1982/83
-EBAIA Harry Jacobs Award of Excellence 1986
-Special EBAIA Service Award1986
-EBAIA Service Awards 1983 and 1984 Oakland Design Advocates
-Member 1984/94
-Executive Committee 1986/89 Public Service
-California Democratic State Central Committee 2003
-Democratic Forum of the Silicon Valley 1997 - present
-Peninsula Democratic Coalition 1995 - present Party Service Stanford University Visiting Scholar/Lecturer, Program on Urban Studies 1997-present San Jose State University Lecturer, School of Art and Design 1997 - 2002
-New Art Gallery Faculty Committee University of California at Berkeley Lecturer, Department of Architecture 1992 - 1994
-Recipeint of Teaching Improvement Grant
-Faculty Advisor AIAS Chapter Teaching Assistant 1987 University of California at Berkeley Extension Lecturer, Department of Interior Architecture and Design 6/1996 - 9/1997

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Assistant Professor, Department of Interior Design 1991

Faculty Committee on Curriculum

Chair, Faculty Committee on Program Marketing